Plant Fiber Spun Rope

rope

ROPES
Oceania
fiber
overall: 1 1/2 x 14 1/2 x 1 1/2 in.

Approximately 30 feet in total length and constructed of twisted plant fibers (probably coconut husk). Date and location unknown, but similar rope for fishing and lashing has been found across the Pacific throughout prehistory to the present. Overall: 1 1/2 x 14 1/2 x 1 1/2 in.


2010.11.396

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